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Edited by Bruce Campbell and Maxwell Knight '
BILL CONDRY and REG ARTHUR discuss the Bardsey Field Observatory and introduce recordings of the night, migration _ of waders at the lighthouse
BRUCE CAMPBELL and BOB SPENCER discuss recoveries of ringed birds, the arrival of spring migrants, and the 1958 nesting season
MAXWELL KNIGHT and JIM BINGLFY discuss the work being done by visiting naturalists at Flatford Mill Field Centre
JOHN BURTON examines nineteenth-century records of wild life in Plumstead Marshes and compares them with what is known of their flora and fauna today
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Contributors

Edited By:
Bruce Campbell
Unknown:
Bill Condry
Unknown:
Reg Arthur
Unknown:
Bruce Campbell
Unknown:
Bob Spencer
Unknown:
Jim Binglfy
Unknown:
John Burton

Standard and miniature and - at last - the toy

Mrs. Alida Monro, foremost breeder of these dogs and an international judge, talks about the recent developments in the poodle world - the most important of which is the recognition by the Kennel Club, after years of consideration, of the toy poodle. With Dilys Powell owner of Coco (standard poodle)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs. Alida Monro
Unknown:
Dilys Powell

Piano music in contrasting styles
Ronald Smith
(concert pianist)
Alan Paul and Edna Hatzfeld
(two pianos)
Bill McGuffie
(Latin-American music)
The Kenny Powell Quartet
(rhythmic piano music)
Introduced by Alan Dell
Produced by Jimmy Grant

Contributors

Unknown:
Ronald Smith
Pianist:
Alan Paul
Pianist:
Edna Hatzfeld
Pianos:
Bill McGuffie
Unknown:
Kenny Powell
Introduced By:
Alan Dell
Produced By:
Jimmy Grant

A novel by Belton Cobb adapted for radio by Rex Rienits
Produced by Charles Lefeaux

Contributors

Novel By:
Belton Cobb
Radio By:
Rex Rienits
Produced By:
Charles Lefeaux
Police Sergeant:
Peter Claughton
Inspector Cheviot Burmann:
Howard Marion-Crawford
Sergeant Kimber:
George Merritt
Peter Thornton:
Gordon Gardner
Dr Charles Hadley:
Richard Hurndall
Nancy Thornton:
Susan Maryott
DudJey Perm:
Tenniel Evans
Miss Corley:
Ella Milne
Janet Jones:
Dilys Laye
Constable Wilson:
Harold Young

For Children of Most Ages
'Said the Cat to the Dog'
A series of plays by Martin Armstrong
3—' The Silver Candlesticks '
Production by Claire Chovil
There are two things you really need in life-' A nose and brains; especially brains,' says Peckham. And in his opinion it is just as well that he possesses both, since the Jackson family really do need someone to look after them.
5.30 Home for the Holidays
Two programmes in which ' B.B.', Roy McCarthy , Phil Drabble , and Bill Oakley suggest ways of spending a few days during the summer holidays
I-Rambling
Produced by Graham Gauld

Contributors

Production By:
Claire Chovil
Unknown:
Roy McCarthy
Unknown:
Phil Drabble
Unknown:
Bill Oakley
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Mum:
Mary O'Farrell
Dad:
Wilfred Babbage
Diana:
Rosamond Barnes
Ronnie:
Sam Jephcott
Elsie:
Norma Griffin
Mompty the Cat:
Vrvienne Chatterton
Peckham the Dog:
Stephen Jack
Police Sergeant:
Stephen Jack
Narrator:
Lewis Stringer

David Webster
(General Administrator.
Royal Opera House) introduces a Covent Garden centenary programme from the theatre
Joan Sutherland (soprano)
Dermot Troy (tenor)
Covent Garden Orchestra
(Leader, Charles Taylor )
Conducted by Hugo Rignold and Reginald Goodall
The programme includes music from operas by Wagner, Berlioz, Verdi, Benjamin Britten ; and ballet music by Malcolm Arnold and Tchaikovsky Recorded before an invited audience in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, by permission of the General Administrator

Contributors

Unknown:
David Webster
Soprano:
Joan Sutherland
Tenor:
Dermot Troy
Leader:
Charles Taylor
Conducted By:
Hugo Rignold
Conducted By:
Reginald Goodall
Unknown:
Benjamin Britten
Music By:
Malcolm Arnold

An English version by Basil Ashmore of ' Das Gliick im Winkel'
A play in three acts by Hermann Sudermann
Radio production by Raymond Raikes
Characters in order of speaking:
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Music by John Hotchkis
The scene: the house of a village schoolmaster in Bavaria during the summer drought of 1895

Contributors

Unknown:
Basil Ashmore
Unknown:
Das Gliick
Production By:
Raymond Raikes
Music By:
John Hotchkis
Helene Wiedemann:
Beryl Calder
Elisabeth Wiedemann, her stepmother:
Hermione Hannen
Herr Dangel:
John Hollis
Dr Orb a school inspector:
Philip Leaver
Georg Wiedemann:
Marius Goring
Rosa, maid at the Wiedemanns':
Hilda Schroder
Baron ROcknitz:
Howard Marion-Crawford
Bettina Rocknitz, his wife:
Marjorie Westbury

BBC Home Service Basic

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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